China News Service, Beijing, June 21. Comprehensive news: According to Reuters reports, on the 21st local time, Israel announced that starting from the morning of that day, it would allow restricted commercial exports to resume in the Gaza Strip. At this time, it was one time before the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire agreement took effect. month.
Data map: Gaza, Palestine. Local people enjoy leisure time in a seaside cafe destroyed by Israeli bombing.
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The Coordination Office for Territorial Activities (COGAT) of the Israeli Ministry of Defense stated on the same day that after conducting a security assessment of the area, it "allowed the Gaza Strip to export agricultural products with restrictions."
COGAT also stated that the measure has been approved by Prime Minister Bennett, but it needs to "maintain security and stability" as a condition.
However, according to border officials in the Gaza Strip, this measure may only last for two or three days and only applies to agricultural products and some textiles.
According to statistics, about 10,000 of the two million people in the Gaza Strip are engaged in the textile industry. Some workers hope that Israel can extend the duration of this measure.
Previously, Israel strictly controlled all border crossings in the Gaza Strip on the grounds of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) threat.
After the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in May this year, Israel closed all border crossings in the Gaza Strip, allowing only some special assistance vehicles to enter and exit, and completely stopped the Gaza Strip’s external commercial exports.
According to statistics from the Agricultural Department of the Gaza Strip, local farmers have lost approximately US$16 million due to export restrictions.
In addition to restricting exports, Israel is also strictly controlling all goods entering the Gaza Strip, including mail.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz previously stated that if Hamas still does not return the bodies of two captured Israeli civilians and two Israeli soldiers, Israel will not allow a large amount of materials to enter the Gaza Strip to help local reconstruction.
Since the ceasefire between Palestine and Israel on May 21, in East Jerusalem, Palestinians who have held many protests and demonstrations have been in constant friction with Israeli police, and a large number of Palestinians have been injured or arrested.
In this regard, Hamas called on the Palestinian people to carry out an "day of anger": a large-scale demonstration was held to protest the Israeli "deportation of Palestinians" and the "Aqsa Mosque attack" in the area. The latter is the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. One of the fuse.
On the 15th of this month, in order to protest against the anti-Arab demonstration held by ultra-nationalists in Israel, a number of burning balloons with explosives were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, which eventually caused dozens of fires.
In response, the IDF carried out air strikes on multiple Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip.
This is the first military conflict between the two sides since the ceasefire between Palestine and Israel.
International mediators involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict warned that the peace between the two parties is still very fragile and that more ways to maintain the current relationship must be found.
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